Case: James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas, No. 25A900
Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: Unknown
Status: Application
Question Presented: Question not identified.
On February 4, 2026, attorney Steven Craig Herzog submitted an application to Justice Samuel Alito seeking a stay of execution for Texas death row inmate James Garfield Broadnax. The application, docketed as No. 25A900, represents a last-resort effort to halt a scheduled execution while underlying legal claims remain unresolved.
Broadnax is a Texas inmate under a sentence of death. The specific legal claims animating the stay application have not been publicly identified in the docket at this stage.
Because no question presented has been formally identified, the precise constitutional or statutory basis for the stay remains unclear from the docket alone.
The absence of amicus briefs and conference activity suggests this matter is moving on an expedited timeline. Observers should watch whether Justice Alito acts alone, refers the application to the full Court, or whether any Justice notes a dissent from a denial. Each of those outcomes carries distinct signals about the Court’s appetite for reviewing the underlying claims.